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TiVo Drives Demand for Super Bowl Ad Slots

Advertisers have already snapped up almost all the commercial spots for next year's Super Bowl, a buying pace that outstrips previous years.

Media buyers say the strong demand this year is a function of the growing threat of digital video recorders. The ad-skipping epidemic has caused marketers to place a bigger emphasis on big TV events that consumers tend to watch live rather than record.